Barbiecore

Pink shows up before anything else does — the umbrella, the sunglasses and even the beach towel start out in some shade of it. Barbiecore puts the swimsuit choice first, since it sets the color story the rest of the scene has to match. Changing it early shifts the whole mood of the beach set more than any accessory could.

Swimwear ranges from a one-piece with cutouts to a bikini with a matching sarong, and cover-ups sit in a separate tab for when the look moves off the sand. Sunglasses, a sun hat and a woven bag make up the accessory row, while hair styles lean toward beach waves and high ponytails rather than anything structured. Nail color and a bold lip shade get their own small panel near the bottom.

This makeover game leans all the way into one color story instead of offering a full closet, so nearly everything on screen — swimsuit, sarong, bag, even the umbrella — comes in some shade of pink or hot magenta. A finished look locks in as a beach photo, umbrella and all, once every category has something picked.

The swimsuit sets the palette, so matching the sarong to it first avoids splitting the look into two different pinks that fight each other. A hot lip color shows up better against a paler swimsuit than a matching one, since identical shades tend to blur together in the photo. Check the sunglasses tab before calling the accessories done — it sits small, above the main list, and gets skipped easily.